Top Cultural Events Across Donegal For August

This August there are some great festivals, concerts, heritage and family events coming up in Donegal and below are six of the best! 

Drop-In, Hands-On, Art-Room at RCC Letterkenny, continues until Saturday 24^thSeptember

The Regional Cultural Centre has created a hands-on art-room where families and children can find out more about the Loose Ends exhibition by Willie Doherty and about the 1916 Rising, and can make their own artworks inspired by the show. There are a whole series of interesting activities from unloading guns from the Asgard to climbing through an escape tunnell from the GPO to Moore Street. Its completely free of charge, is suitable for 1 – 81 year olds and you can drop in anythime on Tue-Fri 11-5 and Sat 1-5.

regionalculturalcentre.com for info

More Trad Heaven in Dunlewey, every Tuesday in August

Trad Trathnona, the exceptional series of Tuesday night traditional music concerts, continues at Ionad Cois Locha Dunlewey throughout August. The first of five great concerts features the brilliant box player Dermot Byrne with Florian Blancke on harp with guest singer Aoife NiFhearraigh on the 2^nd. Theresa Kavanagh, Martin Crossan and Ian Smith play on the 9^th and there is a concert of Tory Singers on the 16^th. The final two concerts feature Moya Brennan and family on the 23^rd and Donal Lunny and Paddy Glackin on the 30^th.

tlugh.com for info

Loinneog Festival in Gaoth Dobhair, Wednesday 3^rd – Monday 8^th August 

Loinneog the fantastic festival of world-class local music and culture begins on Wednesday August 3^rd and continues until Monday8^th. The music highlights of a busy six-day programme include, Na Casaidigh in Teach Jack (4^th), a gala choral concert at the Cuirt Hotel (5^th), Cabaret Craiceailte in Teach Hiudai Beag (6^th) and Clannad’s Moya Brennan and family at home in Leo’s Tavern (7^th).

loinneoglunasa.com for info

Starcamp at RCC Letterkenny, Monday 15^th – Friday 19^th August

Since 2007, STARCAMP have been offering Irish children the ultimate summer camp experience. The core ethos is to build children’s self esteem and confidence through performance, fun and games. STARCAMP has won numerous awards, was a memorable winner on Dragons’ Den and has a high number of children that return every year. Open to all boys and girls aged 4-12, 9:30 – 2:30 for 5 days.

starcamp.ie for info and booking

National Heritage Week across County Donegal, Saturday 20^th – Sunday 28^thAugust

The County Donegal Heritage Office, in association with The Heritage Council has produced a County Donegal Heritage Week Event Guide every year since 2004.  There are 85 very varied events taking place for ‘National Heritage Week’ throughout County Donegal and its environs so there will definitely be events to suit everyone.

heritageweek.ie for info

Two Major Concerts at An Grianan Theatre Letterkenny, Saturday 27^th August and Thursday 8^th September

An Grianan are presenting two great concerts at the end of August and start of September with Cherish the Ladies on August 27^thand The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on September 8th. The much loved, Grammy nominated, Irish-American supergroup were formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of women in what had been a male dominated Irish music scene. They have since toured the world, played the White House and the Olympics, and recorded 15 outstanding albums. The Ukulele Orchestra is a group of all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele players, using instruments bought with loose change, which believes that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they are played on the Ukulele.

angrianan.com for info and booking